Just to check that you're not already changing, you ask Dr. Huang about why you feel so dry and scaly.
"Um, I don't mean to bother you, but why does my skin feel so dry?"
"Don't worry," replies the doctor "you won't see yourself with a tail quite yet. That's just this room. We have a special gel in packs around the room that removes all moisture as possible from the room. This way, this reduces the probability of a mould that you may have from interfering with the experiment."
Besides feeling slightly insulted by the suggestion that you don't adhere to proper hygiene, his explaination relieves you.
"Now let me continue. The way this process works is you drink a special serum, which alters your DNA and metabolic rates. We then give you all the food you can eat, since you'll be gaining quite a lot of bulk. If all goes well, in about 48 hours, you should be about 7-9 feet tall and humanoid. However, there is a 1-20000 chance that the transformation will go further, and you'll end up quite larger and less human. Don't worry, in either case you will definately retain human thought and speech capabilities. However, this is strictly voluntary and we will not force you into participating. Are you up for it?"
Big or small, you're quite excited about this unique process. "Sure, I'll go for it."
"Great! Now follow me."
He leads all of you into a room, where you drink a black fizzy drink.
"This tastes like Diet Coke." You comment.
"In a way, it is Diet Coke," explains Dr. Huang "we found the preservatives and Carbon Dioxide help to catalyse the reaction, although you shouldn't feel anything for a couple of hours. The one disadvantage is it induces a lot of gas during the transformation, and some people dislike that."
He then takes you into separate rooms, each one about 20x20 feet and filled with all kinds of food, as well as DVDs to watch during the transformation.
"If you feel hungry, don't hesitate to eat. Don't worry about overeating."
He then leaves. You decide to take a DVD from the well stocked library in the wall and watch it.